8/18/2004 - Ticked Off

Does anyone else out there get ticked off about spam? The new fad for spammers is to have the subject line look like they're your buddy that's sending a quick email. "One more thing", or "I forgot", or "Sorry - One more question". The recipient's thought process, in order...
1: "Hmm... a friend of mine sent me a message. I should open it."
2: "What the heck is a 'MILF'? Maybe I should click this..."
3: "YEEEEE-HAAAAAWWWW!!!! NOW I NEVER NEED TO LEAVE THE HOUSE!!!"

But that's just me. I think most people would think "darnit, do they really think that, if they fool me into looking at their product, I'll buy it?" It ticks me off. Is this good business?

Gosh, that was succinct. I really can't think of anything else to say about that. I think we should make up a new term for such a succinct gripey whine about something that mildly bugs everyone, but in today's society, instead of just thinking "that's life", we let out a little blurb-ette in which we speak about how it sucks to, for example, get spam, while we walk blindly past people enslaved by drugs and depression, whose futures are forfeit without proper guidance. I got spam. Wah. The new term for such a short-sighted gripe is a "Larry-Kinglet". Those tick me off.